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Danish vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
5  
10

National Language
Spain  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
French Language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Latin  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Hallo  

Thank You
Gracias  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
God nat  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
God morgen  

Please
Por Favor  
Please  

Sorry
triste  
Undskyld!  

Bye
adiós  
Farvel  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
Not Available  

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
Not Available  

Native Name
Español  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
danois  

German Name
Spanisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
210 BC  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
2  
2
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
dan  

ISO 639 3
spa  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Spanish and Danish Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Danish language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Spanish and Danish Language History.

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Spanish and Danish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Spanish and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Danish language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Spanish vs Danish Difficulty

The Spanish vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Danish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Spanish and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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